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Here is a recap of the stories that appeared last week at Science-Based Medicine, a multi-author skeptical blog that separates the science from the woo in medicine.

Plausibility bias? You say that as though that were a bad thing! (David Gorski) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/plausibility_bias/ Homeopaths criticize scientists for rejecting homeopathy because of bias against its implausibility. Good science requires considering plausibility and not wasting time and money on every crazy idea. Plausibility bias is reality bias: it’s a good thing.

Homeopathy and Nanoparticles (Harriet Hall) http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/homeopathy-and-nanoparticles/ An uncontrolled experiment in India allegedly demonstrated nanoparticles of the original substance in highly dilute homeopathic remedies that shouldn’t contain a single molecule. Their findings were likely due to contamination or experimental artifact; and even if nanoparticles could be convincingly demonstrated, that wouldn’t mean homeopathic remedies had therapeutic effects.